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Listen

The ability to really listen is perhaps the most important skill you could develop.

Why don't we listen?

  • We like to rather talk because when we talk, we're in control. We don't have to listen to anything we're not interested in.
  • We get distracted. We can listen to 500 words per minute, yet the average person talks at about 225 words per minute. So our minds fill in the other 275 words.

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